TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wallace, Chris
AU  - Weiss,Mitch
TI  - Countdown 1960: the behind-the-scenes story of the 312 days that changed America's politics forever 
SN  - 9780593852194
AV  - E837.7 W187 2024
U1  - 324.9730921 23/eng/20241004
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - [New York]
PB  - Dutton
KW  - Kennedy, John F.
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Election
KW  - 1960
KW  - Political campaigns
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Campaign debates
KW  - Television in politics
KW  - Press and politics
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Nineteen sixties
KW  - sears
KW  - Presidential candidates
KW  - Biography
KW  - Television and politics
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - Informational works
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Biographies
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-428) and index
N2  - "It's January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy declared his candidacy; and with this opening scene, Chris Wallace offers readers a front-row seat to history. From the challenge of primary battles in a nation that had never elected a Catholic president, to the intense machinations of the national conventions--where JFK chose Lyndon B. Johnson as his running mate over the impassioned objections of his brother Bobby--this is a nonfiction political thriller filled with intrigue, cinematic action, and fresh reporting. Like with many popular histories, readers will be familiar with the story, but few will know the behind-the-scenes details, told here with gripping effect."--
ER  -